Texas sheriff recommends charges over Martha’s Vineyard migrant flight

June 06, 2023

(Brian Snyder/Reuters)A Texas sheriff’s office has recommended that a San Antonio-area district attorney file criminal charges following an investigation into the transportation in the fall of 49 asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, allegedly on direction from Florida Gov. Once an update is available, it will be provided to the public,” said Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy Johnny Garcia, a department spokesman. Like migrant drop-offs elsewhere, the ritzy vacation town of Martha’s Vineyard was not ready to receive an influx of people in September. “And, yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you.”© Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Texas Gov. ), who last year began chartering buses of migrants from Texas to Washington, eventually dropping them off outside the home of Vice President Harris on Christmas Eve.